Global Patent Index - EP 0938656 B1

EP 0938656 B1 20051026 - MEASUREMENT DEVICE COMPRISING A PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE

Title (en)

MEASUREMENT DEVICE COMPRISING A PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE

Title (de)

MESSVORRICHTUNG MIT EINEM PLANAREN OPTISCHEN WELLENLEITER

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE MESURE COMPRENANT UN GUIDE D'ONDE OPTIQUE PLANAIRE

Publication

EP 0938656 B1 20051026 (DE)

Application

EP 97954883 A 19971118

Priority

  • EP 97954883 A 19971118
  • EP 9706443 W 19971118
  • EP 96810807 A 19961118
  • EP 96810808 A 19961118

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9822799A2] A device has a planar optical waveguide which consists of a transparent support (40) and of a waveguide layer (41). The waveguide has at least one diffractive element (42) for inputting an exciting radiation into the waveguide layer. An additional hermetically closing layer (43) located on the waveguide layer is made of a material which at least at the support surface is transparent both to the exciting radiation and to the evanescently excited radiation at least to the depth of penetration of the evanescent field. The device has at least in one partial area of the guided exciting radiation a recess (45) open at the top or a recess (6) closed at the top and connected to a feed channel (2) and outflow channel (3) for receiving a sample to be analysed. The depth of the recess corresponds to at least the depth of penetration of the evanescent field. The diffractive element (42) is completely covered by the material of the layer (43) at least in the input area of the exciting radiation.

IPC 1-7

G01N 21/77; G01N 21/05

IPC 8 full level

G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 21/01 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01); G01N 21/05 (2006.01); G01N 21/55 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01N 21/05 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 21/648 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 21/7703 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 2021/0346 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9822799 A2 19980528; WO 9822799 A3 19980820; AT E308039 T1 20051115; AU 6291498 A 19980610; DE 59712460 D1 20051201; EP 0938656 A2 19990901; EP 0938656 B1 20051026; JP 2001504230 A 20010327; JP 3748571 B2 20060222; US 2001001021 A1 20010510; US 6198869 B1 20010306; US 6384912 B2 20020507

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 9706443 W 19971118; AT 97954883 T 19971118; AU 6291498 A 19971118; DE 59712460 T 19971118; EP 97954883 A 19971118; JP 52320998 A 19971118; US 30809699 A 19990517; US 74239100 A 20001222